The Indonesian monetary crisis
in mid-1997, which later became a full blown economic crisis,
has made the country economic suffered such as dramatically
price increased, jobless and inflation. The Indonesian economic
turn down from one of the world's fastest growing economy into
its slowest growing economy. The impact of the crisis on
social-economic aspects of national development until now still
persists, and it takes years to come to fix the problems created
from the crisis.

Further, prior to the crises,
Indonesian economic began moving up creating an increasingly
complex commercial and financial environment. This strained
Indonesia’s legal system and expedited regulatory change.
Changes in banking, bankruptcy, capital markets and foreign
investment regulations have continued current crisis. Reforms
in company and commercial law are being implemented, while
reforms in bankruptcy law and the banking sector have proceeded
less smoothly than initially anticipated. These developments
have stimulated demand for sophisticated and specialized legal
business consulting services.

SYAM & SYAM is
one of the Indonesian Law firms which are dedicated to provide
quality litigation, corporate and commercial legal services. In
the relation with the wild race of business competition, we are
continually developing our expertise to meet any demands and
requirements of the nature of our individual client’s business
so that we may render better and better services to support our
client’s businesses requirement from time to time.

The Firm Overview

SYAM & SYAM was founded by M.
Azis Syamsuddin,
and has grown to become a multi-disciplinary practice. It was
established with a worldwide optimism to develop legal science
and expertise in the present era of globalization. All lawyer at SYAM & SYAM are encourages to adopt a progressive and proactive
approach to the practice of law. Utilizing the latest
technological developments and always focusing on its clients’
best interest, SYAM & SYAM is committed to offering a wide range
of legal services and advice of the highest professional
standard.

SYAM & SYAM exist by the
strong desire with respect to the development of legal products
inter aria new banking law, corporate law, investment law,
capital market, litigation and arbitration.We offer wide
extend of professional legal services with prominent orientation
on business and investment as well as intelligible advise
thereof. The services to our client are involving practical
business approaches, as well as high standards of legal
expertise and knowledge. In relation with the wild race of
business competition, we are continually developing our
expertise to meet any new demands and requirements of the nature
of our individual client’s business so that we may render better
and better services to support our client’s business requirement
from time to time. This advancement is enabled by paying close
attention to the nature, operational areas and perception of
actual issues of our client’s business. We determined to
maintain the highest level of our client’s by offering maximum
value and superior services in every aspect of our operation.

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SYAM & SYAM’S lawyers are graduates from
Indonesian law faculties and are qualified to practice law in
Indonesia. SYAM & SYAM lawyers have also studied and gained
legal experience in other jurisdictions. Its foreign legal
consultants are licensed to practice in various foreign
jurisdictions.

SYAM & SYAM continuously seeks to develop the legal skills and
specialized knowledge of its lawyers. Regular in-house
professional developments programs help sharpen their legal
skills and industry expertise. Language professionals are
employed to improve their oral and written communication
abilities.

SYAM & SYAM
lawyers and staff are fluent in English and can provide
documentation in Indonesian and English.

Practice Specialization

SYAM & SYAM lawyers are organized in practice
groups in six board areas of specializations:

Banking,
Finance & Major Projects

Securities
and Capital Markets

Corporate /
Commercial

Intellectual
Property

Commercial
Litigation / Arbitration

SYAM & SYAM has several lawyers/consultants, and it represent
business clients in all aspects of commercial and corporate
matters, including banking and finance, public securities
offering, privatization, corporate finance, foreign investment
and joint venture transactions, drafting, and negotiation of
commercial contracts, merger and acquisitions, international
trade and distribution, mining ventures, large-scale
infrastructure and privatization projects, including in the
power, toll road, telecommunications and water sector, labors
and employment law, environments, and the emerging field of
information technology. SYAM & SYAM has also developed a
specialized practice handling certain commercial litigation
matters and assisting clients with arbitration of their
commercial disputes. SYAM & SYAM lawyers work in project teams
cutting across practice disciplines when the firm is involved
major regional transactions.

The current economics crisis has
caused many Indonesian companies, both publicly and privately
owned, to undertake corporate restructuring in its various
forms. SYAM & SYAM lawyers have been involved in major corporate
restructuring assignments, both restructuring driven by creditor
and by voluntary restructuring initiatives. SYAM & SYAM lawyers
regularly advise companies and creditors’ committees on issues
relating to restructuring and on developing strategies to
undertake and implement a comprehensive restructuring plan.

INFRASTRUCTURE, RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTA number of SYAM & SYAM
banking, finance and major projects are experienced in
infrastructure projects (e.g., water supply, waste water
treatment, toll roads, electricity, pipelines and
telecommunication). Mining is a major SYAM & SYAM
specialization, assisting clients involved in developing
Indonesia’s abundant resources (oil, gas, coal and minerals).
Increasingly, SYAM & SYAM is called on to advice clients on
environmental law and hazardous issues.

SECURITIES
AND CAPITAL MARKETS PRACTICE GROUPSYAM & SYAM securities
lawyers provide a wide range of services to companies,
underwriters, financial institutions and investment banks
relating to debt or equity offerings whether public or private
(local as well as international) and advice on capital market
regulations. SYAM & SYAM securities lawyers regularly assist
clients in mergers and acquisitions and restructuring activities
undertaken by public companies. Indonesia’s state-owned
companies have involved SYAM & SYAM in many of the major
domestic and international public offerings.

CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL PRACTICE GROUPSYAM & SYAM lawyers and
consultants counsel and support clients in a wide range of
corporate and commercial business law areas. This practice group
has developed sub-specialization in the following areas.

Mergers and acquisitionSYAM & SYAM is able to undertake M&A transaction
regardless of size, complexity or location from beginning to
close. In close cooperation with senior foreign legal
consultants, SYAM & SYAM lawyers have acted for venture
capitalist, multinationals, investment funds, private equity
funds, strategic investor and domestic corporations in all
types of M&A transaction. Our experience in structuring,
negotiating and documenting M&A transaction is based on
tailoring such transactions to meet all relevant legal,
regulatory and tax requirements.

Foreign Investment and
Joint VenturesSYAM & SYAM advises corporations from other countries
within doing business in Indonesia. This involves advice on
establishing joint ventures and other investment structures
in a variety of industrial and service sectors, e.g.,
manufacturing projects, agro-business, insurance,
telecommunications and information technology ventures and
assistance in obtaining governmental approval and licenses.
SYAM & SYAM also assists Indonesian companies doing business
in other countries, coordinating its services with other
correspondent law firms.

International Trade
SYAM & SYAM lawyers are experienced in structuring agreement
for the manufacture, supply, promotion, sale and movement of
goods and services, both domestically and internationally
through distribution, sales and agency arrangements,
franchises and licenses. The firm advises on anti-completive
trade practices under a new anti trust law product liability
issues and on labeling and packaging requirements. SYAM &
SYAM also has expertise in advising clients on government
procurement laws and associated problems involving
procurement practices.

Labor and EmploymentParticularly as a result of the current economic crisis,
a group of SYAM & SYAM lawyers are advising clients on
Indonesian employment law and framework of retrenchment
negotiation and separation agreements.

Clients also rely on SYAM & SYAM advice in immigration
matters, particularly for expatriate visas, working permits
and related government approvals. SYAM & SYAM works closely
with experienced immigration consultants to help ensure
timely processing and approvals.

IT/Telecommunications/E-CommerceSYAM & SYAM is developing a specializing in the
convergent telecommunications, information technology, and
electronic commerce and media/entertainment industries. This
involves M&A work, privatization, IPOs and other securities
offerings, direct investment, and joint ventures. The legal
and regulatory issues may involve the formation of special
project teams.